THIS is the shocking moment a paedophile flipped his car while driving towards oncoming traffic on the way to his first court appearance.
Luke Jarrett, 26, was spotted by officers recklessly driving a green Jeep Cherokee on the A47 towards Wisbech in Cambridgeshire.
Dashcam footage shows the dramatic moment Jarrett swerved into the path of a police car to stop it overtaking him after he was spotted.
Cambs Police said officers made tactical contact with the Jeep before video captured the moment Jarrett lost control.
The car swerved wildly before flipping onto its side as it crashed into nearby trees.
Jarrett then climbed out of the wreckage where he was arrested for failing to stop on September 22.
He had been due to attend Cambridge Magistrates’ Court to face charges relating to illicit images of children and concerns had been raised for his welfare.
And cops said Jarrett “clearly did not want to face justice” for having indecent images of children, and that “may lie behind his reckless and dangerous driving”.
Jarrett had reached speeds of 64 mph in a 50-mph limit and recklessly overtook vehicles by moving into the path of oncoming traffic.
He was on bail at the time after being charged with illicit images of children offences following an investigation which began in July 2024.
The paedophile had uploaded an indecent photograph of a child to the internet and he was arrested in September 2024.
His electronic devices were seized and police found 703 indecent images of children and 771 videos, 638 extreme pornographic images and 288 indecent photographs of a child that had been distributed.
Jarrett, of Wisbech, was jailed for three years and four months at at Peterborough Crown Court on November 5.
He had pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and one count of distribute an indecent image of a child.
Jarrett also admitted three counts of making an indecent image of a child, two further counts of distribute an indecent photograph of a child and possess an extreme pornographic image.
He received no separate penalty for these further counts.
The 26-year-old was also handed an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
And he was ordered to sign the Sex Offenders Register as well as being banned from driving for five years and four months.
DC Simon Law, who investigated, said: “Creating indecent images and then sharing them may not be a physical offence, but it still harms the child victims.
“Jarrett clearly did not want to face justice for these crimes, which may lie behind his reckless and dangerous driving that endangered innocent members of the public on the day of his first court appearance.”
